In re Nomination Petition of Josephs

For the reasons that follow, I respectfully dissent from the Court’s entry of an order affirming per curiam the Commonwealth Court’s decision denying objector, Dolores Cohen-Lowery’s (Objector) petition to set aside Babette Joseph’s (Candidate) nomination petition. Because I find that the Commonwealth Court erroneously failed to review the merits of the case, I would reverse its decision and remand for a substantive determination.1

The facts of the case are straightforward. Candidate filed a nomination petition to be a candidate in the Democratic Primary for the 182nd District of the…